The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do.
God gave us memories that we might have roses in December.
One's religion is whatever he is most interested in.
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life.
Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.
It's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it, you don't need to have anything else; and if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have.
That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.
A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting.
Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands!
The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.
His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall.
God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.
Everytime a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded.
Every time a child says I don't believe in fairies there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them.
There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.
Always be a little kinder than necessary.
Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?
